Han Officials

I saw some comments looking for Shennong, and I've read up to chapter 23, so I'm writing some thoughts after reading it. The plot doesn't involve calligraphy brushes, and the learning is quite meticulous and gradual. The protagonist is a local powerful figure who rises in rank through military achievements. The writing style is very smooth and easy to read to the end.

Honestly, every time I saw the news about stopping the Five Barbarian Invasions, I used to think it was something that could be avoided. But after looking into it more closely, I realized it was really hard to avoid. To preface this, the Eastern Han Dynasty did not possess the strength to easily defeat the barbarians.

So far, the author has done research, the writing is good, the protagonist has his own ideas, it's not a simplistic story, and it has great potential! I believe: First, good historical texts should not emphasize science and technology (they can include some, but not too much). Secondly, historical fiction should include political intrigue and, secondly, military warfare.

These two images feel a bit weaker. No matter how skilled the Wei army is, 10,000 can't defeat 30,000. The Xiliang army is powerful; how could they be defeated so easily? The author's earlier steady and methodical approach is gone. Reading this makes me lose interest.

Why do those who travel back to the Three Kingdoms period all think about political intrigue? The Three Kingdoms lacked strategists. They can neither step outside the game nor sweep away thousands of troops; they are just struggling in the mire. What's the point? The Red Army's Long March was precisely because they stepped outside the game, which allowed them to establish base areas and use the strategy of encircling the cities from the countryside to annihilate them!

The Gongsun family wiped out all the nobles of Liaodong, so what's the point of the protagonist going through all this trouble to consolidate their power? They could have just crushed everything and stopped there. And it wouldn't have mattered if they hadn't interfered in the Central Plains wars. But instead, they insisted on maintaining balance by not recruiting talent—strategists aside, even military generals—leaving others to fight them? No wonder they achieved nothing.

One warhorse is equivalent to the rations of five people. Elite cavalrymen typically have three horses per person, meaning one cavalryman requires the resources of 16 people. For 30,000 cavalrymen, the rations for approximately 500,000 people would need to be prepared.

Something must have happened to the author. 😭

The prelude to eunuch stories is always like this: no words, daily updates turn into weekly updates into yearly updates, and then it ends. 🙄 Forget it, I'll just delete the book to avoid getting annoyed.

Both Liaodong and Northwest China, if they produce a powerful ruler, can either unify the country or establish their own independent kingdoms. However, Liaodong is known for producing many nomadic states. Experience shows that a founding ancestral home can be poor and lack population, but it must possess advantageous terrain—easy to defend and difficult to attack—and a fierce and warlike populace.